Mount Wodzicki
| Mount Wodzicki | ||
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| height | 2380 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Wodzicki is a 2380 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the highest point on a ridge between Mount Jamroga and Helix Pass in the center of the Bowers Mountains .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the American geologist Antoni Jontek Wodzicki (1934-1999), who came from Poland and who climbed this mountain for study purposes between 1974 and 1975 as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program .
Web links
- Mount Wodzicki in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wodzicki on geographic.org (English)